Soldiers of the North Greet Soldiers Of The South At Sharpsburg Anniversary Program
Events of '62 Relived.

Veterans of the Blue clasped hands with veterans of the Gray at what will be one of the last re-unions of the thinning ranks at Antietam Battlefield yesterday.

Approximately fifty veterans, soldiers of the South and soldiers of the North, attended the exercises. Many occupied places of honor in the presidential stand while others mingled with the crowds in the grandstands.

The bitterness of 75 years ago has disappeared and frequently men who fought for the South were
seen arm in arm with soldiers of the North.
Eagerly the old soldiers, all past four score, and ten, watched the re-enactment of the Bloody Lane phase of the Battle of Antietam over the ground which many of them had traveled as young warriors three-quarters of a century ago. It was a day of pleasure for these aged men and after the program was concluded many expressed themselves as delighted with their visit here.
As the group sat and watched, their memories must have gone back to that fateful day in 1862 when the fields of Antietam were strewed with dead and dying companions. As they looked upon the peaceful scene of yesterday they must have drawn a wide contrast from that of 75 years ago when troops of the North met troops of the South in mortal combat.

COLORED VET AT ANTIETAM
One of the only colored Civil War veterans at Antietam yesterday so far as known was Albert Ray, 96, Hinton, Oklahoma, who served with the 44th Regiment, U. S. Infantry during the Civil War. He served in the South with the Regular Army.

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Notes:Used with permission of the Herald-Mail Company from microfilm in the Washington County Free Library